Had mine done last December, all good. Word of advice for anyone thinking about it. JUST DO IT! It's not that horrible a procedure or prep and having seen my brother in law go thru tons of chemo for his stage 4 cancer, it a no brainer.
Check 6 - Colorectal cancer awareness month
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On the 3 year plan myself. The prep sucks but the recovery room is pretty funny 
. And having a bidet is a butt saver! We have the inexpensive biobidet from Amazon attached to our toilet.
. And having a bidet is a butt saver! We have the inexpensive biobidet from Amazon attached to our toilet.
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My scope is due this August. Thanks to good genes my teeth, blood sugar, and colon are better than they have a right to be. They gave me a 10 year warranty after my last scope. Unfortunately, my genetics also apply to my eyesight and that's horrid.
Let's keep this on track for Colon cancer awareness gents.
Just do it.
I haven't shared before, but I want to Encourage folks on this. I'm 67 and have had 2 resections at 36 and 45 years old. Finally got my act together. Don't be me.
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Best wishes and thank you for your service
For mine they knocked me out with propo-something. No recollection of it at all. Last thing I remember was the sensation of the anesthetic, then next thing I knew I was sipping passion fruit juice.
The blissful propofol sleep is worth the price of admission.
If you don't want to put your body thru a colonoscopy, ask your doctor for a Cologuard test. You get sent a box, put your poop in the supplied container, and drop it off to USP. Only if there's a problem, will you need the colonoscopy. Because of my family history, with a dad and his father dying of rectal cancer, I've undergone both over 40 years. My wife (70s) refused to undergo a colonoscopy. She recently did the Colorguard and her results were fine. Far better than ignoring.
Polyps found the last 2 times. Colon cancer moves pretty slowly so every 5 years isn't so bad. It's a good way to lose weight.
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Glad you were screened. Unfortunately colon cancer can progressive relatively quickly depending on circumstances so it is nothing to take lightly. If caught early it has one of the better outcomes of cancers.
My father, a construction worker and Seabee on Pacific islands during WW2, died at 50 of colon/rectal cancer misdiagnosed in the early 1950s as hemorrhoids. His father, a boilermaker in the 1920/30s, died of colon/rectal cancer at 70. Because of my family history, and working environmental enforcement, I was getting checked regularly since I was 30. Polyps were found my first two times, but nothing since. Since retirement, I just do the Cologuard test every 10 years or so.
If only I could keep it off!
For fun, I weighed myself before and after the purge. I went down about 8lbs. It went back on in a week.
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Gentlemen, thank you all for sharing and doing your part to spread awareness this month. Have a blessed weekend and Lord willing I will be back around next year to remind everyone. If you don't do it for yourselves do it for those you love.
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